The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-02

anu lSc pIGphIttl lOI dCludA ser /
vice. The breech-plug and manipulating
mechanism did not accompany the guns
but will be forwarded from Annapolis
later on. The battery of the Boston,
when finally erected on board that YES
sci, will he stained and shellaced instead
Of being painted, so that any defects OF
rings, trunqion fastenings, etc, may be
the sooner detected in case OF weakness
being developed by practice.
THE question as TO what disposition is
to be made OF the nOn-CommissIOned Of
ticers who have passed examinations for
second licutenancies in the Army, Will be
settled by General sheridan upon his re-
turn 10 Washington. No certificates
have vet been furnished the successful
candidates for this year, for the oft re-
pcatcd reason that in the absence OF va
cancics, existing and prospective, the Of
ficials have been unable TO decide upon !
what action TO take in the matter. 1t
was the purpose some time ago TO order |
the candidates before the Fort Monroe
Board and, after class standing had
been established, give them certificates
as usual but as there is no possible
chance now OF any of them getting com
missions during the time allotted by the
regulations, II Is considered by the ma
jorty of the officials useless for the Gov
ernmcnt to undergo the expense Incl
dent TO the examination.
IhE IOllONlIly II dDSiIdtl Dl lllc DlLlS
received at the Navy Department, July |
80 for the purchase OF condemned YES
| sells: Samuel Z. Hedges, Greenpoint, l.. /
! l., New York, PolrltataH appraised |
value, $1,000; bid, SlS022-20. W. L.
| Mighcll, san Francisco, ShenGHdOdA APP |
| praised value, $4,000; bid, SI6,O20. Luck |
| dIrdnIiG, appraised at $1,000; bid Sl7,- |
! 020. Wdci.ilsoR, appraised at $4,000; bid !
! Sl3,O20. Cyu.e, appraised at 5000; bid, (
$3.50. +. j. Davis, Vallejo, Cal, Cya,,S, /
S3,l75. Burdette Pond, Meridian, Conn, |
! Fotckatdn, SIS 255. Thomas Butler and !
| Co, Boston, Mass. PO,rEdtaa, $500. |
Thomas Butler and Co, Boston, Mass.
| Po,chdtaf., SIS 100; TiconderOgu, appraised,
| $4,000 sold at $4,000. w. T. Garratt,
J San Francisco Shenandoah, Sis S,0O2; Lack
a+carno, SlS,002. Wachusea, Sl6,5Ol
Cya,.e, 4,5Ol. There were no proposals
TO purchase the Tennessee. Her appraised
value was put At $4,000
IL reviewing the evidence given be-
fare the coroner's inquiry held at
Plymouth into the recent fatal torpedo
boat accident, Engineering remarks that
/ experiments OF Il practical nature have
! somewhat shaken our faith Ill the etti-
cheney OF the fish torpedo, and it is 4
question whether fuller knowledge
might not tend to show that We have
taken the torpedo boat a little to readily
on trust. Ii such prove 10 be the case it
will be the bciier that viii be found TO
bc the weak place and indeed the TACT is
pretty generally acknowledged. The
locomotive type OF boiler Is an adaptation
of an Apparatus designed fOr entirely dill
fcrcnt PURPOSES and il is perhaps not al
together.te be wondered Al that it should
not quite fill the situation. Almost the
first tire that 4 number OF torpedo boats
have LcCn simultaneously pressed 10
their almost two boilers have given out
i'll most disastrous manner.
TIE report of the Hudson's Bay ex-.
! ploEatiUn expeditions, sent cut last year,
has Just been issued. II expresses the
opT ion that the straits, To- specially con-
strpcted vessels up 10 200" tons, are not
nsNigable before July /, and that the
season of navigation terminates about
| tke first week OF October Further, that
Ia an iron ship making 4 voyage between,
ssy, Liverpool and Hudsnn's Bay, on ar
rival oil the western end OF the straits,
the compass will not work, owing tn
magnetic disturbances Altogether, the
( navigation Of Hudson Strait Il considered
~ being more than ordinarily difficult,
with shores inhospItahie and bleak, pre-
I Sentiug picture of loneliness and dcsola-
ton. The only safety IN thick weather
lies in the constant use OF the lead and
keeping a sharp lookout, as the dead
reckoning IS frequently IN error to-s con-
siderable extent.
\ DESPATCH from Philadelphia, Aug. 4,
saws: Three weeks ago the United
Steamer Antietam SFrang leak, and she
! Is now sinking in the back channel At the
4 League Island Navy Yard. She lI2s been
used a. a marine barracks and St1reShip
. ! and has about $4,000 worth '0f stores
aboard. These are practically ruined.
, Buatswain Thompson has charge OF
! crew OF half = dozen men working on the
ship TO recover the stores. They are
4 obliged every day 10 strip themselves and
! dive down into fourteen feet OF dirty
bilgc water in the hold and fish out the
/ ropes and other material that can be
, saved.
THE Secretary Of the Navy has about
! decided TO send Ensign George W. Street
ami Assistant Engineer, y. W. Stall to
! Paris where they will undergo an ad-
= vanced course of training, the former in
the designing of ships, and the latter III
4 the designing of machinery. it l. under
Z stood that Ensign Street will receive an
! appointment as Assistant Naval Con
structor after his first year OF foreign
Y study. 1t il said tG be the intention of
the Secretary to send a number OF engl-
/ neer officers abroad for advanced instruc
ton in the art of designing machinery.
TIE U. s. 6. Atlanta arrived at Glou-
J cester, Aug ), and the Nantic at Char
lottetown, Aug. 4. The Dolphin dropped
\ down 10 Ellis Island, y. Y. H., on Aug.
4, and was taking in powder, preparatory
to a trip North.
SAMUEL JoNES, who died at Bedford
: Springs, Pa, July 81, entered West Point
! from Virginia in 1885,. was graduated in
1871 and promoted 10 the LIST L. \ ATtil-
-lery. He rose to captain in that regiment
Dec. ~, 1853, and resigned in April, 1861,
7 20 link his fortunes with the CoIdcdcr-
acS. He commanded n brigate at the
/ fifrt battle of Bull Run, and one aime
the senior Confederate Major-ticncral.
/ After the War closed he went to farm
ing at MattoaX, Va, but not being sue
( ccssful came to Washington in 1850 and
0 through the influence of Gen. Johnston
: and "a hers obtained n clerkship in the
? War department. He was first on, duty
4 in the A. q. O., but in 1885 was pro
1 NOTED h higher grade and transferred
r to the Office OF the Judge Advocate Gen
Q cral.
: SECOND COMPTROLLER BI-TIr.R has dis
. allowed n voucher for $50 IN the &c
r counts. of Lieut.. Col. Batchelder. OF the
q CuartcrnaS;e Generals Department.
, 1t is the anOunt paid for two horscs
purchased from the Hon. Robert T. LIN
Colt EOr the use of the QuartsrmasteT :
: Department. The horses were appraised
! by a ',)aTd OF officers and they were
? purchased by Col. Batchelder by direct
5 orders from the 1luartermaster General.
3 Col. B;dlthclder pleads this order ia de-
! fence Sf lbs actiOH The Second Comp
I trOllCr eTFasises the mode OF purchase rs
in violation OF the law requiring such
purchases 20 he made only alter due legal